Dana Snow, 63, of 120 Laurel Hill Ave., served a year in prison after being convicted in June 2011 of possession of child pornography.

After his release in June 2012, Snow was put on 10 years’ sex offender probation with strict conditions, including that he have no contact with children or go anywhere children hang out.

“Hopefully this is going to get your attention, Mr. Snow,” said New London Superior Court Judge Susan Handy, who sentenced him. “If you try and push the envelope, it’s going to be another (probation) violation, and you’ll be back here.”

Snow already has been in prison for about three weeks. Handy raised his bail from $100,000 to $350,000 on July 30 after getting a report from Snow’s probation officer that Snow possessed pornography and computer equipment in his home, both also forbidden by the terms of his probation.

Snow admitted the probation violation, but he quibbled about the exact circumstances, saying he walked his dog at Veterans Memorial Elementary School only after hours.

Assistant State’s Attorney Lawrence Tytla said authorities were sending two messages by Snow’s arrest and sentence: getting his attention and showing him the conditions of his probation aren’t negotiable.

Tytla said the attitude Snow showed by his argument would lead him only to more trouble with authorities.

“He should be nowhere near school grounds, he should be nowhere near children.”

Snow was arrested for the probation violation on Dec. 24. The arrest followed several complaints. In August, an unidentified person said Snow had approached neighborhood children while walking his dog and asked them if they wanted to pet the animal. Snow also was looking at his neighbor’s daughter swim in her family’s pool, the complaint said.

In December, Norwich police said, Snow had been seen walking his dog at Veterans during recess and dismissal time, and had approached a group of young girls and asked if they wanted to pet his dog.

As a result of his arrest, Snow’s bail was set at $100,000, he was placed on GPS monitoring and put under house arrest, allowed to leave only for court hearings, probation and attorney visits and to meet with his sex offender groups. He had been in compliance with those terms until July, according to his probation officer’s reports to the court.